It is quite rare that you could find a parent, whether male or female, who will reminisce fondly about the sound of their tiny baby’s frantic cries. Those terrible cries are just too much for the tender hearts of most new parents, so in order to comfort our sweet new babies, we will try everything we can think of, including pacing up and down with the baby in our arms in the wee hours of the morning. But what about when your nerves get frazzled, the baby keeps crying, and you just don’t know what else to do? Remember all those swaddling blankets you threw in a drawer after the baby shower? Time to pull them out and put them to use.
A baby in utero is accustomed to an environment that is perfectly suited to growing and developing into a full-grown newborn. The familiar warm, tight, secure space provides comfort during the entire nine month gestation period. Once born, swaddling him or her up tight with a swaddle blanket can help to reclaim that familiar comfort for your little one.
You may have been given some swaddle blankets or even
receiving blankets as shower gifts. Any of these which are square, and made of 100% cotton will work quite well for swaddling your little newborn. There may be a bit of a learning curve when learning to wrap your baby in a tight swaddle, but the payoff is definitely worth it. Just one of the many things that may improve with an effective swaddle, is the upset tummy, a common problem for little babies. Swaddling helps by putting a very gentle pressure on the tummy area, which helps to dissipate any gas which has collected, and is causing baby discomfort.
Infants will sometimes have trouble falling asleep because their little bodies are not used to being so freely able to move about and they love the nurturing, protected feel of being wrapped securely in their swaddle blankets. The comforting wrap will feel like safety to them and will reward you, the parent, will peace and joy knowing that your infant is once again at peace with their surroundings.
Then when the little angels are calm and your peace returns to you then you can open up the amazing swaddle blanket and once again introduce space into the world of your infant. With your new found peace and your love the space can become bigger and bigger but when the need arises you can once again rely on the comfort and security of the perfect swaddle blanket and the miracle of peace will happen for you both.